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Koine Greek

ἔτους ια Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰ[λίο]υ Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσ[ε]βοῦς Παῦνι β ἀρι(θμήσεως) Παχώ(ν). δι(έγραψεν) 10 Ἀφροδ(  ) Πετεσούχ(ου) το(ῦ) Ἔρωτος μη(τρὸς) Ταμύ̣σ̣θ̣(ας) ὑ(πὲρ) λαο(γραφίας) ἑνδεκάτου (ἔτους) Ἑτέρ(ων) Χη(νοβοσκῶν) (δραχμὰς) εἴκοσι, (γίνονται) κ \／ /, προσ(διαγραφομένων) χ(αλκοῦ) ὀβ(ολοὺς) δέκα.

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Translation into English

Year 11 of the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus. Eusebius of Pauni, regarding the numbering of Pachon. He wrote: 10 drachmas for Aphrodite of Petesouch, mother of Tamystha, for the ethnography of the 11th year of the Others of the Cheno-boskians, twenty drachmas, are made, with ten bronze obols being noted.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

ἔτους ια Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰ[λίο]υ Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσ[ε]βοῦς Παῦνι β ἀρι(θμήσεως) Παχώ(ν). δι(έγραψεν) 10 Ἀφροδ( ) Πετεσούχ(ου) το(ῦ) Ἔρωτος μη(τρὸς) Ταμύσθ(ας) ὑ(πὲρ) λαο(γραφίας) ἑνδεκάτου (ἔτους) Ἑτέρ(ων) Χη(νοβοσκῶν) (δραχμὰς) εἴκοσι, (γίνονται) κ \／ /, προσ(διαγραφομένων) χ(αλκοῦ) ὀβ(ολοὺς) δέκα.

English Translation

Year 11 of Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, the second day of Pauni, according to the reckoning of Pachon. Aphrod( ) daughter of Petesouchos, son of Eros, whose mother is Tamystha, has paid (literally "has crossed out") for the poll-tax of the eleventh year, from the village of Heteron Chenoboskon, twenty drachmas, total 20, with an additional ten bronze obols being recorded.

Notes

• ἔτους ια: "Year 11" (ια = 11).
• Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς: Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius (Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor AD 138–161).
• Παῦνι β: "Pauni 2," an Egyptian month and day.
• ἀριθμήσεως Παχών: "according to the reckoning of Pachon," another Egyptian month.
• διέγραψεν: "has paid" or literally "has crossed out," indicating payment recorded.
• λαογραφίας: "poll-tax," a common tax in Roman Egypt.
• Ἑτέρων Χηνοβοσκῶν: "Heteron Chenoboskon," a village name meaning "the other Goose-herders."
• δραχμὰς εἴκοσι: "twenty drachmas."
• προσδιαγραφομένων χαλκοῦ ὀβολοὺς δέκα: "with an additional ten bronze obols being recorded."